Froben, Johann (?). Hei lecha me’at: Dikduk u-pe’uloth kedei she-teida likro ivri [“Here is a Little: Grammar and Verbs in Order to Read Hebrew]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(GRAMMAR)

printer

Johann Froben

Place

Basle

Publication

1522

Description

Title in Hebrew and Latin within elaborate historiated border. Texts in Hebrew with nikud (vowel points) and Latin; some Greek sidebars. Printed left to right. Contains interlinear Hebrew-Latin translation of Decalogue and first two Psalms. Colophon on final page below highly complex woodcut engraving replete with hermetic symbolism; at center two intertwined serpents. Latin inscription on title page

references

Vinograd, Basle 7 (with incorrect date); Prijs 12

ff. 8. Trace stained. Crisp, clean copy. Some outer margins cropped with minimal loss of Greek sidebars. Modern calf. 8vo

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